Geosyntec is expanding service to new and existing clients from our office at The Docking Station, 111 N. Broadway, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54303. Our new office will focus on helping clients with remediation of contaminated sites, redevelopment of brownfield sites, environmental management for industrial and utility clients, restoration and management of water and natural resources, waste management, water management, and geotechnical specialty services. Supported by a nationwide team of experts, the office will serve industrial,…
May 6, 2019
Nandra Weeks, Wade Burcham, and Paul Tschirky at the Gulf of Mexico Alliance All Hands Meeting
Nandra Weeks, P.E. (Florida), Wade Burcham, P.E., LEED AP (Alabama), and Paul Tschirky, Ph.D., P.Eng, (Louisiana) will participate in the 2019 All Hands Meeting hosted by the Gulf of Mexico Alliance (GOMA) at the Lodge at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, Alabama on June 10-13, 2019. Nandra is a Senior Principal Environmental Engineer based in Florida with more than 30 years of professional experience focused on the engineering and remediation issues associated with environmentally-impaired…
Mike Kavanaugh, Ph.D., P.E. (California), BCEE has been appointed to the advisory committee of the Division on Earth and Life Sciences (DELS), a component of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), formerly the National Research Council (NRC) that oversees the activities of eleven boards. His appointment is for two years through 2020. Mike has been active with NASEM since 1994 and has chaired two boards and three committees on topics related to…
Todd Creamer, P.G. (New Hampshire) will present "Highly Efficient Subsurface Investigations in Large Buildings on Active Installations" in the Decision Making in Vapor Intrusion session at the 2019 Joint Engineer Training Conference & Exposition (JETC) at the Tampa Convention Center in Florida on May 7-9, 2019. Todd Creamer is a Principal Geologist based in New England with more than 22 years of experience in environmental consulting services, surface water hydrology, and oil and natural gas…
Ashley Ramsey (Florida) coauthored a paper entitled "Eight years after the coal ash spill – Fate of trace metals in the contaminated river sediments near Kingston, eastern Tennessee" in the journal Applied Geochemistry on pages 158-167 in volume 104 on March 14, 2019. Ashley was the lead author, and her coauthors were Anthony M. Faiia and Anna Szynkiewicz. Ashley is a Staff Professional who focuses on the assessment, monitoring, and remediation of various environmental pollutants…
Amir Ahmadipur, Ph.D. (Texas) coauthored a paper entitled "Investigation of basal friction effects on impact force from a granular sliding mass to a rigid obstruction" that was published in Landslides: Journal of the International Consortium on Landslides on pages 1-17 on March 22, 2019. Amir was the lead author, and his coauthors were Tong Qiu and Bahman Sheikh. Amir is a Senior Staff Professional based in Texas focused on geotechnical instrumentation and data management, slope…
May 1, 2019
Geosyntec Wins 2019 Environmental Stewardship Award from Partners for Environmental Progress
Geosyntec was awarded a 2019 Environmental Stewardship Award for "Environmental Stewardship: Student Education on Watershed Management and Water" from Partners for Environmental Progress (PEP) at the PEP 2019 Annual Membership Meeting in Mobile, Alabama on April 4, 2019. Geosyntec partnered with the City of Daphne, Daphne Utilities, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, Daphne High School, U.S. EPA, Baldwin County Master Gardeners, and others to acquire and implement a U.S. EPA grant to establish a watershed…
Joe Cleary, P.E., BCEE (New Jersey) will present "Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and PFOS/PFOA Compounds – How to Select the Best Technology Solution" at the 104th John J. (Jack) Lagrosa Annual Conference and Exposition of the New Jersey Water Environment Association (NJWEA) at Bally’s in Atlantic City, New Jersey at 9:45 a.m. on May 6, 2019. Joe is a Principal Environmental Engineer based in New Jersey with more than 44 years of experience focused on…
Kate Darby, Ph.D. (California) coauthored a paper entitled "Progressive Changes in Liquefaction and Cone Penetration Resistance across Multiple Shaking Events in Centrifuge Tests" that was published in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering in Volume 145, Issue 3 in March 2019. Kate's co-authors are Ross W. Boulanger; Jason T. DeJong; and Jaclyn D. Bronner. Kate is a Senior Staff Engineer based in California focused on geotechnical engineering, liquefaction triggering correlations, and physical modeling. She…
April 29, 2019
ENR Ranks Geosyntec Consultants in Five Categories in 2019
Geosyntec continues to rank highly in several categories according to Engineering News-Record's (ENR) "The Top 500 Design Firms" for 2019. Notably, Geosyntec ranks 47th in the Top 500 Design Firms. These rankings reflect Geosyntec's continuous commitment to delivering exceptional service and best-value solutions to our clients. Here are our 2019 rankings: #47 Top 500 Design Firms #12 Top 20 Hazardous Waste #20 Top 20 Sewer and Waste #40 Top 50 Designers in International Markets #31…
April 26, 2019
Jintai Wang Coauthored a Paper on Liquefaction Resistance in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Jintai Wang, Ph.D. (Virginia) coauthored a paper entitled "Time-Dependent Cone Penetration Resistance of a Postliquefaction Sand Deposit at Shallow Depth" that will be published in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering in Volume 145, Issue 6 in June 2019. Jintai was the lead author, and his coauthors were Ming Xiao, Jeffrey C. Evans, Tong Qiu, and Sajjad Salam. Jintai specializes in geotechnical engineering and soil liquefaction, with experience focused on projects such as retaining…
April 26, 2019
Karoline Qasem Coauthored a Paper on The Effect of Floods on Ecosystem Metabolism in Suburban Streams in the Journal Freshwater Science
Karoline Qasem, Ph.D. (Illinois) coauthored a paper entitled "The effect of floods on ecosystem metabolism in suburban streams" published in the journal Freshwater Science in Volume 38, Issue 2 on April 11, 2019. Karoline was the lead author, and her coauthors were Sean Vitousek, Ben O'Connor, and Timothy Hoellein. Karoline is a Senior Staff Professional based in Illinois who is focused on water quality modeling and data analysis. Freshwater Science publishes articles that advance understanding…
April 25, 2019
David Espinoza to Present on Resilient and Sustainable Design in the Face of Natural Hazards at Purdue Geotechnical Society Workshop
David Espinoza, Ph.D., P.E. (Maryland) will present "Transitioning to Resilient/Sustainable Design in the Face of Natural Hazards" at the Purdue Geotechnical Society Workshop at the Burton Morgan Center at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana at 3:55 p.m. on April 26, 2019. David is a Senior Principal Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineer based in Maryland focused on foundation design over soft soils, design of regulated containment facilities, and financial risk analysis for geoenvironmental projects. His project…
April 24, 2019
Congratulations to Newly Promoted Senior Principals in 2019
Geosyntec is pleased to announce the promotion of Arthur Forma, Helen Dawson, Julie Konzuk, Paul Botek, Rebecca Daprato, Stefanie Fountain, Syed Rehan, Tom Ramsey, and Warren Brady to the position of Senior Principal within the Geosyntec family of companies. These individuals have each made substantial contributions in leading the development and delivery of highly valued solutions to our clients, recruiting and mentoring our next generation of exceptional staff, growing our practice capabilities, and collaborating with…
Todd McAlary, Ph.D., P.Eng., P.G. (Ontario) authored a report entitled "Demonstration/Validation of More Cost-Effective Methods for Mitigating Radon and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Subsurface Vapor Intrusion to Indoor Air" published by the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)/ Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) in March 2019. Todd is a Senior Principal Engineer with more than 30 years of international consulting experience focused on the evaluation of contaminant fate and transport in soil and…
April 22, 2019
Congratulations to Newly Promoted Principals in 2019
Geosyntec is pleased to announce the promotion of Ali Ebrahimi, Anica Haynes, Chris Wessel, Daniel Lee, David Parkinson, Geoffrey Frieman, Jason Conder, Logan Brant, Marlaina Auger, Misty Steele, Neil Couch, Rachel Klinger, Saverio Siciliano, Silvia Mancini, Steve Poirier, Suzanne Gabriele, and Victoria Cheplak to the position of Principal within the Geosyntec family of companies. These individuals have each made substantial contributions in leading the development and delivery of highly valued solutions to our clients, recruiting…
April 19, 2019
Glenn Rix and Melissa Setz Featured as Geosyntec Co-Leaders on December 12, 2018 Tennessee Earthquake GEER Report
Glenn Rix, Ph.D. and Melissa (Missy) Setz, P.E. (Georgia) were among the co-leaders to the report, entitled "Geotechnical Reconnaissance of the December 12, 2018 M4.4 Decatur, Tennessee Earthquake" that was published on April 4, 2019. Other co-leaders were Timothy C. Siegel (Dan Brown and Associates PC) and Shahram Pezeshk (University of Memphis). Glenn is a Senior Principal Geotechnical Engineer based in Georgia with more than 30 years of experience focused on the areas of geotechnical…
April 18, 2019
Ken Susilo to Moderate and Present on Stormwater Management at Public-Private Partnership (P3) Water Summit
Ken Susilo, P.E., D.WRE., CPSWQ (California) will lead discussions on "Stormwater P3s (public-private partnerships) in California" and will serve as a technical instructor for a (public owners only) workshop on "Building a Stormwater P3" at the P3 Water Summit in San Diego, California on April 23-24, 2019. Geosyntec has been actively presenting and sponsoring this event for the last three years, serving as a member of the planning committee, and leading development of the stormwater…
Andrea Rocha, Ph.D. (Tennessee) coauthored a paper entitled "Large Circular Plasmids from Groundwater Plasmidomes Span Multiple Incompatibility Groups and Are Enriched in Multimetal Resistance Genes" that was published in the journal mBio in Volume 10, Issue 1 on April 3, 2019. Her coauthors were Ankita Kothari, Yu-Wei Wu, John-Marc Chandonia, Marimikel Charrier, Lara Rajeev, Dominique C. Joyner, Terry C. Hazen, Steven W. Singer, and Aindril Mukhopadhyaya. Andrea is a Senior Staff Scientist based in Tennessee…
April 16, 2019
Herwig Goldemund and Tom Wurzinger Contributed to the Georgia Air & Waste Management Association Regulatory Conference
Herwig Goldemund, Ph.D. and Tom Wurzinger, P.E. (Georgia) contributed to the Georgia Air & Waste Management Association (GA A&WMA) Regulatory Conference at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center on April 11, 2019. Herwig's presentation "Introduction to PFAS Remediation Approaches," covered how per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a broad class of fluorine-containing synthetic chemicals that are part of a growing list of "emerging contaminants," which have recently received increased regulatory and public attention, including in…
April 15, 2019
Bob Glazier and Chris Saranko Presented at the USWAG Coal Combustion Residuals Workshop
Bob Glazier (Maryland) and Chris Saranko (Georgia) presented at the Utility Solid Waste Activities Group (USWAG) Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Workshop in Arlington, Virginia in March 21, 2019. Geosyntec assembled a team of 11 key leaders from multiple branches/regions to attend this workshop. Geosyntec attendees in addition to Bob and Chris included: Cuneyt Gokmen, Ben Amos, Whitney Law, Joe Ivanowski, and Grant Walter (Georgia); Rob Ferree (Michigan); Nandra Weeks (Florida); and Carrie Pendleton and Mike…
April 12, 2019
Brian Webb Coauthored an Article on the Littlefield Rhyolite in the Geological Society of America journal Geosphere
Brian Webb (Oregon) was the lead author on a research article entitled "The Littlefield Rhyolite and associated mafic lavas: Bimodal volcanism of the Columbia River magmatic province, with constraints on age and storage sites of Grande Ronde Basalt magmas" that was published in the Geological Society of America (GSA) journal Geosphere in volume 15, Issue number 1, on pages 60-84, on December 20, 2018. His coauthors were Martin J. Streck, William C. McIntosh, and Mark…
April 10, 2019
Emily Anderson and Sean O'Donnell to Present at 2019 Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Minnesota Conference
Emily Anderson (Minnesota) and Sean O'Donnell, Ph.D. (Maryland) will each present a technical session at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Section of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) in Duluth, Minnesota on April 16, 2019. Emily is a Staff Scientist based in Minnesota focused on bioremediation, environmental microbiology, and bioinformatics/data analysis. A remediation and water treatment practitioner, she is a key contributor to projects in industries including mining, agribusiness, manufacturing and…
Andrew Brey, P.G., (Florida) coauthored a paper entitled "Realistic Expectations for the Treatment of Former Manufactured Gas Plant (FMGP) Residuals by Chemical Oxidants" that was published in the Journal of Contaminant Hydrology on Pages 1-17 in Volume 219 in December 2018. His coauthors were Saeid Shafieiyoun, Neil R. Thomson, Chris M. Gasinski, William Pence, and Mike Marley. Andrew is a Senior Geologist based in Florida with more than 20 years of experience focused on environmental…
April 10, 2019
Emily Anderson Coauthored a Paper on Denitrifying Bacteria in Woodchip Bioreactors for Frontiers in Microbiology
Emily Anderson (Minnesota) coauthored a paper entitled "Denitrifying Bacteria Active in Woodchip Bioreactors at Low-Temperature Conditions" published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology starting on page 635 in volume 10 on April 2, 2019. Her coauthors were Jeonghwan Jang, Rodney T. Venterea, Michael J. Sadowsky, Carl J. Rosen, Gary W. Feyereisen, and Satoshi Ishii. Emily is a Staff Scientist based in Minnesota focused on bioremediation, environmental microbiology, and bioinformatics/data analysis. A remediation and water treatment…
April 5, 2019
Marc Rogoff Coauthored a Book Entitled Waste-to-Energy: Technologies and Project Implementation, Third Edition
Marc Rogoff, Ph.D. (Florida) coauthored a book entitled "Waste-to-Energy: Technologies and Project Implementation, Third Edition" that was published on March 14, 2019. His coauthor is Francois Screve, the founder of Deltaway Energy in San Francisco CA. Marc and Francois bring their combined professional experience of more than 58 years to this third edition, which covers the growing range of technologies that are available for converting solid waste into energy through waste-to-energy (WTE) projects. Completely updated…
Geosyntec professionals will make a substantial technical contribution at the Battelle International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor in Maryland on April 15-18, 2019. Geosyntec contributions include a Technical Steering Committee member, four session chairs, eight platform presentations, one short-course instructor, one Learning Lab instructor, and a poster presentation. Geosyntec has also collaborated with universities and other parties in the preparation of conference materials. Geosyntec professionals will be…
Neal Durant, Ph.D. (Washington, D.C.) and Seth Kellogg, P.G. (New Jersey) will present during the webinar entitled "Increasing Public and Regulatory Scrutiny of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)" hosted by Crowell & Moring LLP from 1:00p.m. – 2:30 p.m. on April 4, 2019. Co-panelists are Jennifer Giblin, Senior Counsel, Crowell & Moring and Peter Condron, Partner, Crowell & Moring. Neal Durant is a Senior Principal based in Washington, D.C. with more than 30 years of…
Geosyntec professionals will make a substantial technical contribution at the 2019 United States Society on Dams Conference and Exhibition at the Chicago Hilton in Illinois on April 8-11, 2019. Geosyntec-led contributions include five platform presentations and one session moderator. Geosyntec has also collaborated with universities and other parties in the preparation of conference materials delivered by others. Geosyntec professionals will be at booth #417 to meet with attendees and answer questions about dams and levees.…
March 28, 2019
Geosyntec Writes U.S. Navy Guidance on Methods for Estimating Contaminant Mass-in-Place, Mass Discharge, and Remediation Timeframes
Julie Chambon, Ph.D. (California) and Neal Durant, Ph.D. (Washington, D.C.) coauthored a technical guidance document recently published by the U.S. Navy (NAVFAC EXWC) entitled "Tools for Estimating Contaminant Mass-in-Place, Mass Discharge, and Remediation Timeframes." The guidance document was written to support Navy Remedial Project Managers (RPMs) in their efforts to improve the accuracy of conceptual models for understanding contaminant distribution in the subsurface and quantitative estimates of remediation costs and timeframes. Soil and groundwater remediation…
March 25, 2019
Rula Deeb to Deliver a PFAS Presentation at the National Association for Environmental Management EHS&S Roundtable
Rula Deeb, Ph.D., BCEEM, PMP (California) will discuss the latest technical and regulatory information on PFAS at the Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) Roundtable meeting of the National Association for Environmental Management (NAEM). This meeting will be held at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on March 28-28, 2019. Rula is a Senior Principal Civil and Environmental Engineer based in California with more than 25 years of experience focused on private practice and…
Chase Holton, Ph.D., P.E. and Dave Folkes, P.E. (Colorado) will jointly present "Subsurface (Vapor) Intrusion in the Hazard Ranking System – A Superfund Game-Changer (and What You Can Do About It)" at the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resource's (SEER) 48th Spring Conference at the Grand Hyatt in Denver, Colorado on March 28, 2019. Additional Geosyntec staff that will attend: Nandra Weeks (Florida), Jen Wilkie (Illinois), Jill Cooper (Colorado), Travis Kline…
March 21, 2019
Nick Muenks, Cody Luebbering, and Elizabeth Toot-Levy to Present at AWWA/MWEA Joint Conference
Nick Muenks (Missouri), Cody Luebbering (Missouri), and Elizabeth Toot-Levy (Ohio) will present at the Missouri Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA)/ Missouri Water Environment Association at Tan-Tar-A in Osage Beach, Missouri on April 1, 2019. Nick and Cody will co-present "A Case of the Permit Limit Blues" starting at 10:55 a.m. and Elizabeth Toot-Levy will present "Learning from Others: Multiple Maumee Watershed Models of Potential Phosphorus Reduction Management Plans for Lake Erie" starting…
